India's Top 2% Scientists 2023

India has 4,635 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 23.2% from 3,761 in 2022. That places India 10th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has the most listed scientists (115), followed by Indian Institute of Science (114).

Single Year

4,635

+874 (+23.2%) vs 2022

Career Data

2,578

+372 (+16.9%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#10

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

1,263

+184 (+17.1%) vs 2022

Scientists in India on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+44.9%

2022+12.2%

2023+23.2%

2024+15.4%

2025+16.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	2,313		1,491
2021	3,352	+44.9%	2,042	+37.0%
2022	3,761	+12.2%	2,206	+8.0%
2023	4,635	+23.2%	2,578	+16.9%
2024	5,351	+15.4%	2,939	+14.0%
2025	6,236	+16.5%	3,371	+14.7%

Top 10 institutes in India

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Rank in India	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	262	GH Garg, Harish	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 18
2	360	KP Koul, Parvaiz A.	GDC	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 4
3	531	SR Siddique, Rafat	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Building & Construction	Rank 5
4	591	Ali, Imran	Jamia Millia Islamia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2
5	815	DG Desiraju, Gautam R.	Indian Institute of Science	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 3
6	824	RR Rao, Ravipudi Venkata	S. V. National Institute of Technology	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 3
7	825	PA Pandey, Ashok	Indian Institute of Toxicology Research	Biotechnology	Rank 2
8	1,103	DY Dwivedi, Yogesh K.	Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune	Information Systems	Rank 7
9	1,278	VS Varjani, Sunita	Gujarat Pollution Control Board	Biotechnology	Rank 3
10	1,419	KS Kumar, Sudhir	ICAR - Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 10
11	1,534	DA Douglas, Angela E.	Department of Entomology	Entomology	Rank 3
12	1,770	DG Dhiman, Gaurav	Graphic Era Deemed to be University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 88
13	1,927	TS Thomas, Sabu	Mahatma Gandhi University	Polymers	Rank 10
14	2,082	GP Gogate, Parag	Institute of Chemical Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 11
15	2,145	RC Rao, C. N.R.	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Applied Physics	Rank 63
16	2,215	TN Tuteja, Narendra	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 20
17	2,407	Tiwari, Aviral Kumar	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Economics	Rank 51
18	2,429	Jha, Vivekanand	George Institute for Global Health	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 13
19	2,744	AA Agarwal, Avinash Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Energy	Rank 63
20	2,908	NP Nidheesh, Puthiya Veetil	National Environmental Engineering Research Institute India	Environmental Sciences	Rank 43
21	2,965	Ahmaruzzaman, Md	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Chemical Engineering	Rank 13
22	3,222	AC Andrade, Chittaranjan	National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences	Psychiatry	Rank 80
23	3,317	GS Gurunathan, Sangiliyandi	Rathinam College of Arts and Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 118
24	3,374	GR Gupta, Rajeev	Eternal Heart Care Centre and Research Institute	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 68
25	3,831	SA Sinha, Avik	Goa Institute of Management	Environmental Sciences	Rank 57
26	3,854	PT Padmanabhan, T.	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 31
27	4,003	SB Singh, Bhim	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 11
28	4,141	Senthil Kumar, P.	SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam	Environmental Sciences	Rank 63
29	4,231	SJ Sarkar, Jahar	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 41
30	4,256	SN Singh, Narpinder	Graphic Era Deemed to be University	Food Science	Rank 24
31	4,264	VM Venkata Mohan, S.	Indian Institute of Chemical Technology	Biotechnology	Rank 17
32	4,426	RM Rai, Mahendra	Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 147
33	4,572	SS Sarin, Shiv Kumar	Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 60
34	4,746	Arya, Yogendra	J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA	Energy	Rank 105
35	4,769	KA Kar, Arpan Kumar	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 189
36	4,772	MV Mohan, V.	Madras Diabetes Research Foundation	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 98
37	5,033	SK Srinivasan, Krishnapura	Central Food Technological Research Institute India	Food Science	Rank 34
38	5,036	YS Yadav, Sudesh Kumar	Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 59
39	5,054	PA Pugazhendhi, Arivalagan	Chettinad Academy of Research and Education	Environmental Sciences	Rank 75
40	5,265	MJ Manjunatha, J. G.	Mangalore University	Energy	Rank 115
41	5,342	AT Aminabhavi, Tejraj M.	KLE Technological University	Polymers	Rank 26
42	5,618	DA Das, Ashok Kumar	International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 49
43	5,621	KD Kundu, Debasis	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Statistics & Probability	Rank 44
44	5,707	RP Ray, P. P.	Sikkim University	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 51
45	5,784	MS Mittal, Sparsh	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Computer Hardware & Architecture	Rank 1
46	5,837	PN Pradhan, Narayan	Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science	Physical Chemistry	Rank 24
47	5,842	PD Philip, Daizy	Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram	Chemical Physics	Rank 103
48	5,918	BM Basu, Mousumi	Jadavpur University	Energy	Rank 125
49	6,085	DY Devarajan, Yuvarajan	Saveetha School of Engineering	Energy	Rank 130
50	6,326	PM Pal, Mahesh	National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 54
51	6,345	RS Rajeshkumar, S.	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 31
52	6,468	RK Reddy, K. Srinath	Public Health Foundation of India	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 127
53	6,619	BD Banerjee, Debanjan	Apollo Multispecialty Hospital	Psychiatry	Rank 161
54	6,707	RP Rai, Prabhat Kumar	Mizoram University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 101
55	7,042	CA Chakrabarti, Arunaloke	Doodhadhari Burfani Hospital	Microbiology	Rank 146
56	7,279	RR Rather, Raouf Ahmad	Scientific Independent Researcher	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	Rank 30
57	7,285	Panchal, Hitesh	Government Engineering College Patan	Energy	Rank 154
58	7,305	Kumar, Sunil	National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 69
59	7,462	MV Mishra, Vimal	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 134
60	7,486	MD Mohan, Dinesh	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 112
61	7,499	FS Flora, Swaran Jeet Singh	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	Toxicology	Rank 30
62	7,607	BK Biswas, Kanishka	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 229
63	7,650	PM Prasad, Majeti Narasimha Vara	University of Hyderabad	Environmental Sciences	Rank 116
64	7,771	MA Mandal, Ajay	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad	Energy	Rank 165
65	7,796	SR Singh, Rajesh	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon	Business & Management	Rank 208
66	7,896	AN Acharya, Nilangshu	P. R. Thakur Govt. College	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 74
67	7,925	RR Rajkumar, Ravi Philip	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research	Psychiatry	Rank 191
68	8,201	SV Srivastava, Vimal Chandra	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Chemical Engineering	Rank 43
69	8,399	DK Dhama, Kuldeep	Indian Veterinary Research Institute	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 9
70	8,517	NH Nagendra, Harini	Azim Premji University	Ecology	Rank 207
71	8,649	Suthar, Surindra	Doon University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 130
72	8,854	KK Kathiresan, Kandasamy	Annamalai University	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 37
73	8,866	SS Salvi, Sundeep	Pulmocare Research and Education (PURE) Foundation	Respiratory System	Rank 52
74	8,906	RM Ramesh, Manickam	Kalaignarkarunanidhi Institute of Technology	Materials	Rank 142
75	9,052	PK Parida, Kulamani	Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 32
76	9,284	DR Dandona, Rakhi	Public Health Foundation of India	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 177
77	9,331	SS Sushil, Sushil	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Business & Management	Rank 247
78	9,575	PB Prasannakumara, B. C.	Davangere University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 88
79	9,744	NC Nautiyal, Chandra Shekhar	CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute	Microbiology	Rank 209
80	9,872	SJ Singh, Jagdev	JECRC University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 93
81	9,907	MA Mittal, Alok	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology	Chemical Engineering	Rank 51
82	9,975	Samui, Pijush	National Institute of Technology Patna	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 92
83	9,998	SR Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy	Karkinos Healthcare	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 350
84	10,004	PK Priyadarsini, K. Indira	University of Mumbai	Chemical Physics	Rank 166
85	10,075	HA Haleem, Abid	Jamia Millia Islamia	Business & Management	Rank 270
86	10,370	SS Sana, Shib Sankar	Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College	Operations Research	Rank 44
87	10,383	SR Singh, Rupinder	National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research	Materials	Rank 165
88	10,528	JM Jain, Mukesh	Jawaharlal Nehru University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 143
89	10,560	SR Subba Rao, N.	Andhra University	Environmental Engineering	Rank 56
90	10,648	LD Late, Dattatray J.	Amity University, Maharashtra	Applied Physics	Rank 221
91	10,765	BR Banerjee, Rahul	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	Organic Chemistry	Rank 151
92	10,964	BS Bag, Surajit	University of Johannesburg	Business & Management	Rank 292
93	11,046	Veera Krishna, M.	Rayalaseema University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 100
94	11,078	RK Ravindra, Khaiwal	Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh	Environmental Sciences	Rank 169
95	11,146	Luthra, Sunil	All India Council for Technical Education	Business & Management	Rank 297
96	11,220	SA Singh, Awadhesh Kumar	G.D Hospital & Diabetes Institute	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 215
97	11,249	Rajesh, R.	ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management	Operations Research	Rank 48
98	11,274	TB Thomas, Blessen Skariah	National Institute of Technology Calicut	Building & Construction	Rank 73
99	11,437	JR Jangid, R. S.	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Civil Engineering	Rank 43
100	11,508	Roy, Kunal	Jadavpur University	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 31
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from India are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

4,635 scientists affiliated with India are on the 2023 single-year list, and 2,578 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in India has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2023 single-year list, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has the most listed scientists from India, with 115. It is followed by Indian Institute of Science with 114.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in India changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, India went from 2,313 scientists in 2020 to 4,635 in 2023, a change of +100.4%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.